Dan/W4NTI wrote:
"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"KØHB" wrote in message
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Amateur radio isn't magical.


pruning
and remind ourselves of what we are really doing. We need to remember the
essence of what drew us to our unusual avocation in the first place: the
wonderful magic of wireless communications.

(With thanks to WB8IMY)

73, de Hans, K0HB
--
"Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Corners Of The Earth! What King
Of Old Could Do Thus?"
--AC6V


Yes it is the "magic" of wireless that is endlessly fascinating. The part
about "summon elemental forces of the universe" is awesome.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


Dee,

I remember hearing about years ago when "Ether" was considered the mediumof
how radio was propagated. That particular theory ran into trouble when we
started sending space shots up..

wrong again Dan it was the Michealson and Morley (I doubt that I
spelled either name right) when they tried to used light and prsisms to
measure the speed at which the Earth was moving through that ether.
there results proved that the Pope who scantioned Galleio was wrong and
the earth was in fact center of the unverse (or at least not moving wrt
to that center) or form the basis of Special relitivity. this was well
before space shot.

Today it is comon expriment for college physics students in about their
3rd year (at least that is when I did)

but the demotration preceded Von Braun and Goddard by at least 30 years
maybe more like 40 to 50 years. indeed it may have preceeded radio
itself cant rememebr right off

Dan/W4NTI